Food Friday

So if your a veg head like we are, you've got to make sure your getting legumes and beans...

This is a super easy dish that we whip up often, it's full of flavor and loaded with beans for protein.

It's all in one pot....put in a can of tomatoes, a couple of fresh ones diced in too, potatoes, cauliflower,

chickpeas, kidney beans, lots of garlic & lots of curry...cover & cook until all is soft. ENJOY XO.

Lemony Lentil Soup, Sunflower Pate & Than Snooze

Hi ya everyone.

Well as promised on Instagram, I am going to share
two of my all time favorite dishes with you.

They are both easy to make, super satisfying, super healthy for you and both completely vegan.

First is my Lemony Lentil Soup

(This is a staple dish in our house and I've perfected it over the years.

Everyone I make it for loves it and they always ask for the recipe).

 

 

To Make:

 

In a big pot, heat about 2 tbsp. of olive over medium heat and than toss in one big chopped onion.

Add 4 or 5 finely chopped garlic cloves and a pinch of cayenne pepper.

Than finally chop a nice big handful of fresh parsley and that to the pot.

Peel and finely chop a potato and a nice big whack of finely chopped kale and add to pot.

Than add 1 heaping teaspoon of cumin...don't forget the cumin!!! and salt & pepper of course.

Than your going to put in 1 and a half cups of red lentils and stir them all in

(you can use green or brown lentils too but they don't break down as much as the red).

Add to everything 6 cups of vegetarian soup stock and 2 tbsps. of lemon juice and stir.

Bring this all to a boil and than turn it right down to a simmer...

make sure you cover the pot with a lid and let it cook for a full hour.

Serve with fresh parsley if you want...extra lemon and a slice of the pate.

YUUUUMMMM.

 

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Now for my Sunflower Pate

 

(This is healthy and so insanely delicious, I bet once you try it, you'll be hooked

we love it spread on crackers or even fried up in the mornings as part of breakfast, it's SO tasty).

 

 

To Make:

 

Whiles the oven is preheating to 350 degrees

Grease any pan that you would normally use for a loaf, I like my ceramic 4 x 10 inch pan

Than just toss all of the following in a food processor...

1/2 cup water

1/4 olive oil

1 onion, peeled and chopped coarsely

1/4 soy sauce (or a bit more if you like it really salty)

1 large potato, peeled and diced

1/2 flour

1/2 nutritional yeast (yum)

1 cup of sunflower seeds, salted or not (keep these in your freezer so they stay nice and fresh)

4 garlic cloves

1 tsp of thyme, oregano and 1/2 tsp of sage.

Than...

blend all for that up really good until pretty smooth, pour into your pan

and bake for about 40 minutes or until a fork comes our pretty clean.

 

 

Gobble these two recipes down and than take a nice long siesta

cause you deserve it, cause life is tiring and most of all because it's good for you

just like that yummy food ya just made.

Yummmm.

 

I really hope you love them and that they make your tummies happy.

XO



Grabbing Onto Gratitude

Whiles at a party over this past weekend the subject of fulfillment seemed to spring up often.

People commented on how 'content & comfortable' I look lately and I loved that observation

because I have been feeling like I've settled into loveliness even that much more recently...

 

 

I have physically & emotionally wiggled my little tush down into comfort even more so.

I am indeed breathing in deeply. 

I have been feeling very satisfactory loveliness with no strings attached.

I don't think it's because anything at all has changed except perhaps for my perspective.

 

I think it's also about grabbing onto gratitude a lot more assuredly these days.

Not everything is perfect...but now it's not so much about the imperfections anymore.

It's become all about what is working...

it's become about more quickly and more fully embracing what is simple and warm and wonderful

(like lunch with a handsome boy and with veggies you've grown yourself as buns zoom around you!)

 

 

I have only ever wanted days full of time with my honey,

long days of making art in cozy studios, ample time for favorite things like

cooking beautiful food...loads of reading time with good cups of coffee, taking care of animals, etc...

We've worked hard...we've made hard decisions...but we've gotten there finally...

Life has become about; love, art, bunnies, embracing happiness and a million other good things.

There's so so much good stuff going on...

 

 

and yeah, there's bad stuff happening most of the time too, for sure...that's life.

BUT the good stuff really has been out weighing all of the bad.

I've been kind of feeling a shift...a positive new change in how I see things.

And well I am just feeling so so very very insanely super grateful.

I hope you are feeling it all too XO.



Blubs and Books

It so often takes the smallest of things to start off to a lovely day...a beautiful new bun resting nearby.

 

 

Blueberries in your oatmeal, a beautiful blue plate, fresh ginger tea and a brand new book...ahhh!